Improved machine for mangling beefsteak and other meats



R. MGGORKELL. MACHINE FOR MANGLING BEEPSTEAK AND OTHER MEATS.

No. 44,811. Patented Oct. 26, 1864.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ROBERT MGC ORKELL, OF-WARSAW, MINNESOTA.

IMPROVED MACHINE FOR MANGLING BEEFSTEAK AND OTHER MEATS.

Specification forming part of Letters-Patent N0. 11,8 ll, dated October 25, 1864 antedated October 18, 1864.

Figure l is a perspective view; Fig. 2, an

end elevation; Fig. 3, a-seotion of lever, and Fig. 4. a view of a portion of rollers.

The nature of my invention consists in the construction of a machine for mangling beefsteak and other meats preparatory to cooking, with greater facility and ease and more equally than by any of the usual modes.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will proceed to describe its construction and operation.

I construct a pair of rollers or cylinders, A, with ribs, ridges, or flanges a, running trans versely, m, Fig. 4, or at, angles, m. 1 make these rollers B whole, or by placinga number of disks, (J, on a journal or shaft, or in any convenient manner. I placethese' rollers in a frame, made in any common form, having two upright standards, 1), with an open slot, E, in each, so that the rollers can be removed with ease to be cleaned or for any other purpose. The object of this slot is not only to allow the rollers to be taken out, but to allow the journals to work in such a way that the ribs may come in contact or work at any given distance apart, according to the thickness of the steak or other meat to be passed through them. The upper roller is held in position by means of two levers, F, fastened. to the frame by bolts or rivets, n, so that they bear equally on both'journals. These levers are united by a bar, G, running from one to the other,'a nd are o'peratedby the same handle, H. By means of these levers the rollers are brought together with any desired pressure, so as to break the fibers of the meat. This pressure is easily regulated to mangle a very tough or tender steak, whereas a spring will out a tender steak, when it will not(without changing its elasticity) break the fibers of a catch, 70, coming under the journal, so as to lift the roller, to allow bones, fat, or any other partof the meat to pass through without being mangled and also to'lift the roller out when desired. (See Fig. 2.)

The rollers are geared with cog-wheels L, so that the ribs, ridges, or flanges arebrought opposite each other to break the fibers of the meat coming between them, while the part in the indentations or open spaces receives no pressure, and absorbs any juices that may be squeezedont by the ribs.

The machine isoperated by means of a the rollers.

The advantages of my machine are-,;the ease and facility with which the work canbe done; the regularity with which the fibers ofthe meat are separated the manner in which they are separated, being broken between the smooth faces of two ribs (and not out, which does not. make the meat any more tender;) the handlevcr by which the pressure can be suited to out parts of the same steak, (that having the firmcst muscle needing the greatest pressure,) and the mode of mangling, so as to tender the meat without wasting its juices, thereby retaining its nntrimentand flavor, which are lost by the usual modes. of preparation.

I claim- 1. The construction of rollers having ridges and depressions, as described and arranged, in relation to each other, in such a manner that the ridges and depressions shall come opposite to or tear upon each other, for the purpose specified.

2. The handle H F F and hooks K, for the substantially as described.

ROBERT MGCORKELL.

Witnesses:

W. G. DODGE, R. D. 0. SMITH.

tough one. Each of theselevers has a hook or crank, I, fastened on the journal of one of the different qualities of steak or the diner and bar G,with the leverspurpose set forth, 

